title: Treatment retention of patients referred by public assistance to an alcoholism clinic.
abstract: In order to ascertain the relative impact of coercion by a welfare program on retention in an ambulatory alcoholism program, records of 178 consecutive admissions to an inner-city alcoholism clinic were reviewed. Patients who came to the clinic via coerced referral from a public assistance agency were as likely to remain in treatment for at least nine sessions as self-referred patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Brizer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maslansky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galanter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011632:Public Assistance / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*